The Lake Charles echo., 1887-11-18

re r; p15ilo s5o ltaE q 1e honnded out az ppblie
lnTeterEte hostility III faction N IA. ia siie
iiaag 5its,alg laiFliy, Ragi EeHtlemen and feilo,y.
I Bt95@e4A, tlaf upon tlfnF issue I gts4lA n7,d
bsss' 4 I've q aie politically BY the man WHO
50, lssga ~ hHa1ste4 ard who has been
~ eeIeq before the people q this State and
f IL people or this nation Hay fhsf Far5tiei
Y. Mtehuery went into that oflea ei,s1,. ~
asht from the parish Of 0uRohita ~ tTlie 4
~ slelih AZ ano hs tFne friend, with az elean
y. 1880 = ea pota public and private, Is Rny maj
~ ne biate Of Louisiana. And q uetEifbste
~ ~ ne iact ihat Gen. Nichols may have loFt
n sh 1tln u one battle and 4 leg AZ aDoflisr'
s ~, IN K the fact that believe
fiian and 8 Just man, notWithstsndiDeS IN S,s,5
ee 3 hold man cpd ststsBnlhn, ] say thsf
t5oY. EiehnerF is - pure from every poirf 1t
B@tF. DON'T care what tits.
TOW gentlemen and fellOW-cit tizens. thsv
taAh % you about
cEsARtsaf" AND ,FERsoNkrHsM.
Lhey, insult your intelligelce and they fp.
sgull sull me intelligence Of the Democracy X
l1oSglissihna " by thinking that you are Foifig II
~ R5i.5u leu mtg 9 sght agniDst your party and 3
petty sppointment of a police jIrof e7 4 sf,I.
stable- because Of the faet thaf MI. nom,
LICK or Harry IN this parish or thak paTisi
fas considered himself insulted or aggfieved
because his brother didn't get the Sppoirt
ment to Q eonstAbleship or p6lies.Stir5r.
ailpt End they ask you upon that and npon
charges Of that nature, 20 aend olff 81 mi, n
4Ie, n dlsgraoe--bq affiE the Stigma Of your
" tilI upon ne adminisira3ion Of one
q the best ana purest Executives who has
ever gfaeed the gubornRtoriAl chair n the
btHte Of Louisiana.
=, Now gentlemen and fellow citizens, as
aoneliRin, I viii give y0u sn ilinetrati5n--
VIII snow you some ttCaesaTiams with q
vengeance. HentlGmen, We are al canal, Ne
ele an voters We sre 81 citizens, and any
1aan 2, may aspire 70 have bis influence IN his
| @afd, any man may aspire to have bis in-
| HueRce u his parish, any man may sFpire
70 hnYe bis influence Ia his district, and any
1 man may agpire 10 have his influence In hiH
/ 2tste; but say whenever he aspiTeg TO be a
9ietq tor whenever be aspires 10 say who
Rhad De Senator, for instance, Rnd not only
| TO prescribe the conditions upon which man
may be, n candidate for the United States
senate, R2ut g say that he can 60 there only
as 1be colleague Of another mani say that
he has gone To- that point In psrsonalism
and Bgsarism that he needs 70 ~ cut down.
lSheers.l Now, what do we have here
We hqd that distinguished gentleman has
interest 70 know how he stands upon tie sen.
atoLlal question; 10 knOW whether be is going
/ TO throw OH upon the distinguished gentle
man who hes addressed you q refer to the
support the Hon, n. @. Blanchard, of Caddo,
/ and this distinguished gentleman magnRn.
! inlgusiy says that Mr.. Jonas may be q eandl-
/ date provided he will show hiB eolors, and
then he can be the colleague Of the Hon.
Randall j. Gibson. He then need, gentle.
4 men and felloW-citizens, not only to sh0B
eQlors and show them up right, but he needs
hls 70 come in under convoy; he needs some
body 70 steer him; heneedR somebody 10 talsa
care Of him; he needs eomebody To 60 along
with him end see that after showing hii
eolors here he does not hide them after be
4 gets MP yonder.
Now, had speech mapped out 70 make
/ here fO.NnE. rftripp pf tAI1n an 81 EtTpi
have II written ont, beeauEe i never could
4 write Q speech, but hzd il mapped out IN
4 my mind. Coy. McEnery knocked part q
4 another continued laughterl, and when Mr..
1 Jonas got through was pretty. well dilaId.
| dated and used up. LpTol0nged laughter and
9pplquse;l Ny speech is pretty vel gone,
l but tCrieB Of Let's have it, go on, y
1 will make few remarks LCheersJ now upon
1 the question as to whether Gen. Ai2hols Ii
entitled to
THE POSITION WHICH RHBY GIVE BIaT,
aud then / will close.
II il charged, gentlemen and fellow-citi
4 Kens, that Gen. Nichelis led us out Of the
! political troubles; that he led US out of the
political wilderness in 1876. Ii ig Raid that
It was the magic Of bis pane and the enthu,
siasm that was excited by his presence bhal
j led uH TO victory IN that memorable contest
| Mcl9neryB and Ogdens: we had had our
/ Persons, and VIC had had our other public
men numbers OF whose, names they men
ton, and they had all fctledi but IN
| calm observer Of tile stirring events going
| on all around him, q gentlemen who had
been quietly purauing the prGct,ce and reap;
4 ing the protlta of his profession during ELL
4 tbia time, was called upon. And they said
| TO him: Come QUO here, Gen. Nichols, and
save the STATE. Here stand the people "a
/ Louisiana fully charged with enthusiasm a;
4 khe sound Of your name.N lie comes, and
I Tau .
| behind him. And u = olRlnIedi gentlemen,
\ that after the election in 1876 thaF that elac
4 tinp, like its predecessors, would haye been
1 without any prlCtip2l regultF but Tor the
1 iiiustFionB man whom We hgc clecaed for our
I Governor ! dGgire 10 say 10 you right here
4 and right now that for two years I stood bY
/ Gpy. Nichols A. q meuiber Of the State Sen
/ ate; i supported him Id al those things ID
/ which j thought he was right and l or.
4 poaed him ia all those things IN which !
I thought be vas RroHg, and when an rs6uQIl
ofsioe, stood iii hina aiid defended lrita and
\ resisted II to tiie extent of iliy Ebiltty, Pc.
( cause / believed that everything that tgt
man had done he had done conseientioHrlS
! and he had done il ftem his conyietiaus, and
\ / would not have Ghorteped his term ont
single minute pl hour, but would have gl
| lowed him bp 20 out Of thht ppslt1qn Win.
/ ont one word of csnsure and without tn
ciNted etfort6 ~ tho people.
/ Isay to you tnRt
THE cAMPAIeN or 1876
was commenced III sT2. soy that II wa
one continuous dght from the day Of dohi
| McEneryis nomination, IN 1872, down z
4 M final and complete redemption Of th
4 state III 1878. Now then you all reeullee
and you all remember the heroic efforts ans
tic desperate resolution with which We wen
| into the campaign a, 1879; You fecoAec
that We were urged With the determination
/ i niieht almost say Of deEpair 10 succeed i
thst contest and you remember that j
1872, ~ IN 1sT6, We elected the nominee q
our party: but, gentlameni and tellog-cltl
4 T TTe-election, the idol OF the RorthelI
| people, Tie dictator, J. may say, o
4 The nation, backed by maloilt,
Of bis party IN both hqpass ~
4 Gongfess. tie seommRnd der.in-ehief ~ th'
! army and navy, laid the mailed hand Of mill
1 terry power upon the eonatitt tlQliad 9uthQl4
/ lies 81 Louisiana and declared that the kel
4 loRg government WOULD 9e sustained by th'
/ bagonets ~ the Federal RoyeFnInent. VA
/ fhaf linle There was w appeal anywhere from
the decision Of the sptoerat who gceu pited "
4 Executive chair but you remember that Il
4 North 1Iolisiana then, that porti9n 81 t9I
4 State which had n0t tile beneiit M fhe gllld
/ aTee, and of Tie counsel, and Ct The leader
il sbip and Of The assistance q Gen, 4Slgii0As
retired from chat contest W u sll,en aeila5le
4 and never did submit tp the authority OI "
Government Of uElrpatiun.
Non Tecalleot That iii s73 ~ ydeto kellogg
drunk vith ths Authority which was aeei
den ally put in his hands, carried away wlsl
I. fha belief that he would be sustained py ehl
bayonats of the Federal gQyeEnment ~ ell.
Estlrpation or outrage he Nigh commit upoi
n the liberties of the people " Lpnlsiana, Z!
I. mi forgot himself as ~ invest An HfEhllolAl
hle and desperate negro politician oi 0ran
parish with q capialnB eQmniisslon u u
militia OF Luuisianai and " fRiEnlAh illl
WITH arms and null itary accQ tfefilelltss " w
Hold hiR authority 40 that pAIlsh- Inc Ee
suit 81 that act II history vi 4 ~
BHarTEN IN fsarEEhs or BLOOD.
II On Easter day, In 1873, the sun snone dow
npon d conflict which vii never De rp1rgotte
iii the o6iared people of iHlalla, itl Wiz
vii never be forgotten bg the carp t9DqH 81
j and sehliaaags who then infested the ntats
! aila who were then drawing the h4pslisne
} from our very vitala. fpn know that lAe 5
{ sat uf that desperate conflict Was that ~
/ IN fon W tho best eitiSens Qt dt4nt pafA
were carried 10 The t3ity ef New SlfltailE W.
: 4 Rreat many other isdii1duals beghlilt u y
? trees from Justice for Il year 1Qp kA9W ~ w
5 sbose men wero convicted. and that the
SseFa slttaneod 70 the peiiitehtlaE1et 81 y
B limited states GQr ttrns ranging from hfe !
ssrai, tsen yeMrs. Aou know fslHA tftQHs me
! earj3ed an pppeal 10 the supreme eQait 8
fiie Tinted states and tlat that al9uhf Y
( Il brnsl, IN lie iciehfaifd tlrliksneilis fass
) Sffiiek fra1l the wrists and The llalA 81 thss